So
So
So
So

Seems that one night I would string to my sheets
Forehead is leaking, but hey she squeaks
And I'm lost in the clock, friend says you're gonna get tired
I'm dead as a pool and the walls are on fire
Soak my head in the sink for a while
Chills on my neck and it makes me smile
The both of them move and my skin's gotta breathe
You pick up the phone and I'm so relieved
You slide down the stairs and I hear you scream
The sun is laughing it's a slippery feel
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
With you, with you

It doesn't really matter how good you feel
Harmful breathes to the midnight meal
I pull down the the window as you point out the cops
Pull off your sleeves and I ditch my socks
Dancing to the songs with the cars in their bags
Went to the convoy, smell that trash
Walking around in our summertime clothes
Know where to go when our bodies go
And we'll breathe it down this morning bloom
With the purple young, and you're sleeping soon
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you

With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in

Don't cool off, lay it all off

Let's see the sound of the heat from the sound of the rain
It's easy to sleep when I'm with my brain
You close my rest with a saccharin sheen
Kissing my wind through my window screen
The words are as close that I cannot hide
Too much on my mind, let's build outside
Do you wanna go stroll down and find a little stream?
My clothes are not soaked, but they're building sweet
And there's no one pushing for a place
As we act around an easy pace

And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you

Just you, just you, just you, just you
Just you, just you, just you, just you
Just you, just you, just you, just you
Just you, just you, just you, just you


Lyrics submitted by Jack_Strife, edited by SnowIsGone, laurentertaining, NoahTheDuke

Summertime Clothes Lyrics as written by David Michael Portner Brian Ross Weitz

Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY

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  • +8
    My Interpretation

    I think the line "Foreman is leaking" should be "Forehead is leaking." Unless he's talking about a foreman taking a piss in his bedroom (which could also explain the pool in his bed...), it makes alot more sense that he would be sweating on a hot summer night.

    brianh1818on January 06, 2009   Link
  • +7
    General Comment

    I drove around in cirles listening to this song today. It's worth wasting gas.

    forsakeconon January 06, 2009   Link
  • +4
    General Comment

    he never says "love" in this song or anything along those lines, but no song has ever made me feel like the singer loves who he's talking about as much as this one does.

    i loooove this song so much! everytime he says "i want to walk around with you" i get chills. it's so sweet!

    landofsubmarineson January 03, 2009   Link
  • +4
    General Comment

    some errors in there, these sound right to me:

    sweet summer night and i'm stripped to my sheets forhead is leaking - my ac squeaks and a voice from the clock says "you're not gonna get tired" my bed is a pool and the wall's on fire soak my head in the sink for a while chills on my neck and it makes me smile but, my bones have to move and my skins gotta breath you pick up the phone and i'm so relieved

    you slide down your stairs to the (?)eager/evenin'(?) street and the sun has left us with slippery feet and i want to walk around with you and i want to walk around with you and be here with you

    it doesn't really matter i'll go where you feel (?)hunt(?) for the breeze, get a midnight meal i point in the windows as you point out the parks rip off your sleeves and i'll ditch my socks dance to the songs from the cars as they pass move through the cardboard, smell that trash walkin' around in our summertime clothes know where to go while our bodies go

    and we'll greet the dawn in it's morning blues with purple yawns you'll be sleepin' soon and i want to walk around with you and i want to walk around with you

    when the sun goes down we'll go out again (repeat 19283719023123124 times)

    don't cool off, i like your warmth

    Let's leave the sound of the heat for the sound of the rain It's easy to sleep when it wets my brain It covers my rest with a saccharine sheen Kissing the wind through my window screen But restless is causeless and I cannot hide So much on my mind that it spills outside Do you wanna go stroll down a financial street? Our clothes might get soaked But the building's sleep

    And there's no one pushing for a place As we enter at an easy pace And I want to walk around with you (x2) I want to walk around with you (x4)

    Just you, just you, just you, just you (x4)

    lull123on January 10, 2009   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    BEST LYRICS I'VE READ IN A LONG TIME. whoa

    kstemzon December 27, 2008   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    Great song off the new album. Its about living in the city, everything being humid and hot and not being able to sleep. He calls his girlfriend and luckily she picks up the phone, as its the middle of the night. They go out and walk through the city alone window shopping and dancing to music they hear from car stereos. Great imagery and a great concept.

    liquidus4on December 29, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Don't cool off I like your warmth

    that line gives me the shivers every time I listen. Avery and Animal Collective at their best right here

    IsItLuckon January 08, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    official

    Sweet summer night but I'm stripped to my sheets Forehead is leaking, the AC squeaks and A voice from the clock says, "You're not gonna get tired" My bed is a pool and the walls are on fire Soak my head in the sink for a while Chills on my neck and it makes me smile but My bones have to move and my skin's gotta breathe You pick up the phone and I'm so relieved You slide down your stairs to the heated street The sun has left us with slippery feet And I want to walk around with you And I want to walk around with you And be here with you and go out

    It doesn't really matter, I'll go where you feel Hump for the breeze, get a midnight meal I point in the windows, you point out the parks Rip up your sleeves and I'll ditch my socks Dance to the songs from the cars as they pass Weave through the cardboard, smell that trash Walking around in our summertime clothes, Nowhere to go while our bodies blow But we'll greet the dawn with morning blues In purple yards we'll be sleeping soon And I want to walk around with you And I want to walk around with you

    nominalon January 19, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    For the chorus I've been hearing "And the sun goes down on the world again"

    lblitzeron June 16, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    i don't know about you guys but i hear:

    The restlessness call says that I cannot hide

    and:

    Nowhere to go where our bodies glow.

    and finally:

    As we meander at an easy pace.

    sporchabrotheron January 24, 2010   Link

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